Cessna 172K N99WM

Summary

On 14 February 1982 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N99WM, operated by San Jose Flying Jaguars, Inc., was involved in an accident near Hollister, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 February 1982 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hollister, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172K

Registration

N99WM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

San Jose Flying Jaguars, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bakersfield → San Jose

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX82FA078

4 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN IN LEVEL CRUISE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED DURING WEATHER IN WHICH VFR FLIGHT HAD NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED. CLOUDS WERE OBSCURING THE MOUNTAINS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE RETURN LEG OF A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. ACCORDING TO THE AIRCRAFT HEADING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, THE PILOT HAD TURNED TO A COURSE TO RETURN TO AN AREA WHERE THE WEATHER WAS VFR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.